Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke It is decorated with the

It is decorated with the the Turtle & Crane with Shochikubai motif (Pine

This couple comes from the oldest of Japanese mythology and represent the perfect harmony of these two who have grown old together

China - Early to Mid 20th Century

Width = 2"

and the visual ideology of the Japanese Empire

Antique Japanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4.5"H Netsuke It is decorated with theJapanese Sumida Gawa Pottery Vase Applied Figure Boy Red Orange Black Flambe Glaze Meiji 4. 5 Inches A characteristic and well executed example of Japanese Sumida Gawa () export pottery, the ovoid vase worked in the tradition's signature combination of vivid orange red lava textured ground and deep black tenmoku style flambe glaze flowing dramatically over the upper shoulder and neck. Applied in full three dimensional relief to the lower body is a